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Caesarean section

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Caesarean section

▶noun a surgical operation for delivering a child by cutting through the wall of the mother's abdomen.

– origin C17: from the story that Julius Caesar was delivered by this method.

'Caesarean section' also found in these Oxford entries:

Caesar - Caesarean - C-section

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